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AGAIN, ASK YOURSELF WHY THE EPD AND THE LAWYERS WANT TO PUT <br />ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THE AUDITOR; AND IF THEY ARE <br />NECESSARY; AND IF THEY HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. <br />LIMITING ACCESS TO "DURING OFFICE HOURS" IS RESTRICTIVE. EVEN IA <br />OFFICERS AND STAFF ARE THERE ON HOLIDAYS OR AFTER AN <br />"INCIDENT." THE AUDITOR SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED WHEN OTHER <br />STAFF HAVE ACCESS. <br />MIIGHT IA STAFF DECIDE TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS IN THE CHIEF'S <br />OFFICE AND THEREFORE THWART THE AUDITOR'S AUTHORITY TO <br />PARTICIPATE? <br />COMPLETE, UNRESTRICTED, AND DIRECT, MEANS THE AUDITOR DOES <br />NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A THIRD PARTY OR KNOCK ON THE DOOR, <br />OR ASK FOR AN APPOINTMENT. IT MEANS THE AUDITOR HAS AN <br />ACCESS CARD THAT GETS THEM IN WHEN AND WHERE THEY THINK IT <br />IS WARRANTED. THE STAFF IN EPD'S OFFICES AND THE AUDITOR ALL <br />HAVE THE SAME BOSS - THE PUBLIC- AND THEY ARE ALL DOING THE <br />PUBLIC'S BUSINESS. THE AUDITOR SHOULD NOT NEED PERMISSION TO <br /> FREQUENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICES NECESSARY TO <br />CONDUCT OVERSIGHT. <br />SO THE REVISION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE RECOMMENDATION <br />WHICH GIVES COMPLETE ACCESS; "SAME AS" INTERNAL AFFAIRS, NOT <br /> "TO" INTERNAL AFFAIRS. DISABUSE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE <br />AUDITOR IS SOMEHOW LESS DESERVING OR TRUSTWORTHY THAN EPD <br />EMPLOYEES AND ENSURE THAT THE AUDITOR HAS "EQUAL ACCESS." <br />```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` <br />``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` <br />PROPOSED REVISION; Service complaint. A complaint about police employee <br />performance <br />or demeanor, customer service and/or level of police service. <br /> [This definition complements use of the term in “service <br />complaint” in the additional provision in EC 2.454(1)e, which <br />implements Amendment #9. The definition comes from the <br />POM.] <br />THIS LOOKS OK. <br />```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` <br />``````````````````````````````````````````` <br />PROPOSED REVISION LAST SENTENCE; (e) Receive and process complaints <br />concerning police <br />employees; and monitor the complaint investigation and <br />review process as set forth in sections 2.456(1) and (2); <br />and review a random selection of service complaints. <br />[Amendment #9: “The Police auditor shall review <br />random selections of Service Complaints.”] <br /> <br />